Africa

JOHANNESBURG, March 18 – A deadly mine collapse in Angola has left at least 30 people dead. The incident occurred in Chipindo municipality in Angola’s south-west Huila Province as illegal gold miners mined for gold, the state media reported on Sunday. Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) reports said the mine collapsed due to ground humidity. […]

Addis Ababa, March 10 – All 149 passengers on the Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi in neighbouring Kenya died as the Boeing 737 aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from here on Sunday, the airlines said. Flight ET302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was believed to have 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, as […]

JOHANNESBURG, February 27 – President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, following his successful re-election to the position of President of the Republic of Nigeria as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to a Wednesday press release by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco). The African Union Election Observation […]

JOHANNESBURG, February 26 – Nigeria’s main opposition party the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says democracy is under threat and is alleging vote rigging as President Muhammadu Buhari surges to an early electoral lead following Saturday’s presidential and legislative elections. The final tally is yet to be determined, but by late Monday Buhari had won seven […]

MBABANE, Eswatini, February 21 – When Eswatini women’s soccer national team coach Fisiwe Hlophe set a season’s league goal-haul of 86 during the 2008/9 season for Imbabatane Ladies, little did she know that she would one day be coaching someone who has similar goal-poaching talents. Hlophe, an assistant coach at Eswatini Women Soccer League pacesetters […]

JOHANNESBURG, January 30 – Former deputy prime minister of Zimbabwe, Professor Arthur Mutambara, whose country is in an economic meltdown, has told a British audience that the mooted “ever closer African Union” was “despicable” and instead suggested that a “United States of Africa” would be more beneficial to Africans. Speaking at the Oxford Union Debate […]

HARARE, January 27 – Zimbabwean opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was on Saturday barred from attending a music concert organised in honour of the late music grandee Oliver Mtukudzi, who died on Wednesday in Harare. Justice, legal, and parliamentary affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the incident, saying the opposition leader wanted to drive into the […]

HARARE ‑ Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero. Mnangagwa announced the hero status while addressing mourners at the Mtukudzi residence in Norton just outside Harare on Thursday evening. “Zanu PF and the government of Zimbabwe has unanimously agreed that this man is a national hero,” he said. “From […]

PRETORIA, January 23 – Zimbabwean musical icon Oliver Mtukudzi passed away on Wednesday. Respected Zimbabwean publication, Newsday reported that Tuku died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare. He was 66 with as many albums as his age to his name, Tuku’s was loved in many parts of the world – and with a significant following […]

DURBAN, January 22 – The bodies of four friends who drowned while on holiday in Mozambique would arrive in South Africa on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the families said. “The bodies of Lesego Matsepe (20), Gregory Mfune (27), David Kaise, (29) and Mmatholo Mogafe (24) will finally arrive in South Africa today, 22 January, […]

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